Clarendon House Publications

09/01/2026

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09/01/2026

In the last article in this series, we pictured writing as the practice of digging attention-controlling channels to guide your readers towards the protagonist, along the line of the plot and then finally to the great ‘lake of fulfilment’ where the story achieves its success in the hearts of readers. For more about the craft of writing, please see the book How Stories Really Work.

In the earlier article, we weren’t looking at the craft of writing particularly - we were looking at how to successfully market a story. We caught a glimpse of how to apply the same principles that work in crafting a story to the wider world of marketing that story.

It is a case of taking the same series of actions you took firstly as a writer in writing your book, then as a tentative ‘marketer’ in showing your book to just one person, and then expanding upon those. This was a short series of steps…

In the last article in this series, we pictured writing as the practice of digging attention-controlling channels to guide your readers towards the protagonist, along the line of the plot and then finally to the great ‘lake of fulfilment’ where the story achieves its success in the hearts of rea...

08/01/2026

Most writers see ‘marketing’ as a distinct activity. You finish your book, you go through the rigmarole of editing, and you get it out there into the marketplace. Job done.

In fact, unless you are working closely with a traditional publisher - and in many cases these days, even if you are - your job is far from over.

It goes like this…

Most writers see ‘marketing’ as a distinct activity. You finish your book, you go through the rigmarole of editing, and you get it out there into the marketplace. Job done. In fact, unless you are working closely with a traditional publisher - and in many cases these days, even if you are - your...

07/01/2026

Become an Independent Publisher

Would you like to run a small press of your very own?

You could
•publish your own and others’ books
•publish what YOU want to publish
•help authors achieve professional publication
•build your own high quality, respected, work-from-home business

This would
•generate an income for you and others
•open the door to whatever you wanted to create
•make your dreams come true
•make others’ dreams come true
•boost your morale and sense of accomplishment
•contribute to a better world

How does this work?

You and I would work together for a year to create your own independent publishing house and help it flourish.

Over seven years ago, I launched Clarendon House Publications from my home here on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors in England.

Since then, I have published almost 300 high quality items - books, magazines, course modules - and helped hundreds of authors and poets achieve publication, some for the first time.

Over 30 authors have had individual novels or collections produced through me - some of these have had several books published and have gone on to carve out careers for themselves as writers.

Many Clarendon House writing tools have been released for free download, fully illustrated, in order to assist writers create real careers for themselves.

Now, for the first time, I’m offering to train YOU to do something similar - create a flourishing business of your own, helping yourself and others to make dreams come true!

What’s involved?

For a one-time fee, I will mentor you for a whole year through the entire process of establishing a small independent press, including:

•working out your goals and targets for the year
•developing a workable working routine which fits in with your existing lifestyle
•managing social media in fun ways to build a loyal following
•producing a daily blog to attract interest
•learning how to professionally publish paperback and Kindle books - every single step, so that it becomes easy!
•all the ’secrets’ of marketing (so that marketing becomes fun!)
•how to set up and manage submissions so that you can regularly produce books for others
•how to keep track of and pay royalties to your own authors
•everything about keeping your clients happy and developing an upbeat, fun group of your very own authors!

And much more!

Excited? Want to know more?

Please email me if you have any questions or feedback:
[email protected]

Here’s to helping you achieve your dreams and the dreams of others!

07/01/2026

I’ve read a lot lately about morality in art. You might have seen the same kind of thing, especially with the current wave of allegations against senior figures in the entertainment industry. Corruption, crime and immorality should be shunned and cast out wherever it is found. The issue of how this affects art has been around for much longer though: it’s the question of to what degree should we modify our views about a work of art (including a performance) based upon what we know about the morality of the artist/performer?

I’ve read a lot lately about morality in art. You might have seen the same kind of thing, especially with the current wave of allegations against senior figures in the entertainment industry. Corruption, crime and immorality should be shunned and cast out wherever it is found. The issue of how thi...

06/01/2026

A writer faces many problems.

Firstly, there are the logistical problems involved in getting to spend enough time writing. Sitting in front of a computer or in a chair with a pad and pen doesn’t pay the bills of itself - the demands of life can pull a writer’s attention all over the place until the possibility of actually getting anything written often drowns in the noise.

Even when the external logistics are conquered, there are internal barriers: self-doubt, self-criticism, lack of focus, writer’s block and so forth.

And once those are defeated, the writing may not be any good.

But let’s assume that through a series of miracles and good fortune all of the above have been brought under control: you have a book which has been written and the writing is good. What remains is the single biggest issue facing writers in today’s golden age of independent publishing: how to get sales…

A writer faces many problems. Firstly, there are the logistical problems involved in getting to spend enough time writing. Sitting in front of a computer or in a chair with a pad and pen doesn’t pay the bills of itself - the demands of life can pull a writer’s attention all over the place until ...

05/01/2026

Characters ‘taking on a life of their own’ is a refrain I have heard from both amateur and professional writers. Even highly experienced writers have commented on occasion that a particular character has taken them in an unexpected direction in a story they were writing.

What’s happening here?

Characters ‘taking on a life of their own’ is a refrain I have heard from both amateur and professional writers. Even highly experienced writers have commented on occasion that a particular character has taken them in an unexpected direction in a story they were writing. What’s happening here?...

03/01/2026

You have only to spend a short amount of time with writers, perhaps in writers’ groups or personally, to realise that most of them are terrified of criticism. Sometimes, they are so full of fear that they haven’t even admitted to themselves that they are writers, and the thoughts that they scribble down in their own time are not considered to be potential works of fiction for others to read, but a kind of therapy, inwardly directed, never to be viewed by another.

It’s a huge area for discussion, and very important. And there are answers that will help…

You have only to spend a short amount of time with writers, perhaps in writers’ groups or personally, to realise that most of them are terrified of criticism. Sometimes, they are so full of fear that they haven’t even admitted to themselves that they are writers, and the thoughts that they scrib...

02/01/2026

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02/01/2026

Just as Tolkien used the entire mythos of Middle-earth to assist him in processing what he had witnessed in the First World War and in his life overall, many writers use their writing as a kind of therapy or way of addressing deep, partly-glimpsed concerns about the world…

Just as Tolkien used the entire mythos of Middle-earth to assist him in processing what he had witnessed in the First World War and in his life overall, many writers use their writing as a kind of therapy or way of addressing deep, partly-glimpsed concerns about the world. I’m not suggesting that ...

01/01/2026

PRESENTING...
THE CLARENDON HOUSE PUBLICATIONS CATALOGUE
FOR 2026!
https://www.clarendonhousebooks.com/free-items

Over seven years ago, I launched Clarendon House Publications from my home here on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors in England.

Since then, I have published almost 300 high quality items - books, magazines, course modules - and helped hundreds of authors and poets achieve publication, some for the first time.

Over 30 authors have had individual novels or collections produced through me - some of these have had several books published and have gone on to carve out careers for themselves as writers.

With the best-selling books How Stories Really Work and Become a Professional Author (and the Become a Professional Author Course) I have helped writers understand exactly what it is they are doing and how they are doing it - and boosted their confidence to do more of it.

Many Clarendon House writing tools have been released for free download, fully illustrated, in order to assist writers create real careers for themselves.

Now, here collected for the first time for your convenience, are all those publications with links to take you to wherever you need to go to acquire them. They make great gifts - for yourself and others!

Please email me if you have any questions or feedback:
[email protected]

Here’s to many more publications and many more years helping you achieve your dreams!

Grant P. Hudson

INSIDE:

FREE ITEMS
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FANTASY
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SCIENCE FICTION
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GALAXY
SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY ANTHOLOGIES
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SHORT STORIES, NOVELS, MIXED GENRE LITERARY FICTION
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NON-FICTION, POETRY AND OTHER DELIGHTS
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POETICA
POETRY ANTHOLOGIES
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Any questions?
Drop me a line at
[email protected]

Download your copy of the catalogue now:
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01/01/2026

Horror stories belong in the Irony quadrant of my genre circle, as outlined in my book How Stories Really Work.

Irony - and its subset horror - draw their power from two main sources…

Horror stories belong in the Irony quadrant of my genre circle, as outlined in my book How Stories Really Work. Irony - and its subset horror - draw their power from two main sources: 1. The expectations arising from the conventional tropes of the Epic genre, in which events are presented as real an...